I have a 6 and 3 year old so that factors into my concerns.
I’m working on growing my beard a bit longer but it’s kind of wavy and hard to keep clean looking
I finished A Parade of Horribles and then I finished book 5 of Quest Academy (I really enjoyed it, I know it is a divisive series).
Before that I completed the series Mark of The Fool, Discount Dan, The Primal Hunter, Bog Standard Isekai, Cradle, He Who Fights With Monsters, The Perfect Run
I am considering
All The Skills The Weirkey Chronicles Unbound Apocalypse Parenting Wandering Inn Virdian Gate Online
Any suggestions?
My wife and I just wrapped up a few days in Paris and managed to get into three Michelin starred spots. Here’s my honest take, ranked worst to best.
Epicure (3 stars) - Lunch The setting is gorgeous and the service has all the hallmarks you’d expect at that level… fresh napkin every time you visit the bathroom, immaculate presentation, the whole thing. But our server was genuinely hard to understand. She’d arrive, rattle off an explanation of the dish at full speed in a heavy accent, and be gone before I had any idea what had been set in front of me. I asked her to repeat herself so many times I started feeling bad about it. Beyond that, the menu was overwhelmingly fish and seafood, and honestly? It just wasn’t that good or exciting. The desserts saved it. The meal also dragged on way longer than it needed to.
Passionné (2 stars) - Dinner Better than Epicure, and I’d go back before I’d go back there. The food was genuinely good and the pacing felt more like a meal and less like an endurance event. Service slipped though. We ran out of water, I asked our server for more, and nothing happened until I flagged down someone else walking by 10 min later. Small thing, but at this price point it stands out.
Septime (1 star) - Dinner Best meal of the trip, and it wasn’t particularly close. Almost every course was excellent. The only miss was some green vegetable water at the start, which… yeah. Kinda just tasted like leaves, lol. But everything else was fantastic. The service was warm and attentive without being stiff, and the pacing was perfect - 7:30 to 10pm, which is exactly what I want from a nice dinner. I don’t need three and a half hours at a table. The lesson I’m taking home: stars measure something, but not necessarily what you care about when you’re actually sitting there eating.